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Lead Problem

Poll: What do you lead? (34 member(s) have cast votes)

What do you lead?

  1. SA (1 votes [2.94%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.94%

  2. SQ (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  3. Sx (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  4. Hx (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  5. DK (33 votes [97.06%])

    Percentage of vote: 97.06%

  6. Club (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#1 User is offline   jchiu 

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Posted 2007-May-18, 14:03

Unfavorable at IMPs, in an important match, you hold as dealer

♠ AQJ1097 ♥ 932 ♦ KQJ ♣ 4

The auction goes

1♠ Pass 2♠ 3♣
4♠ 5♣ Pass Pass
Dbl All Pass

Sure, the double may have been a tad hungry, but now you have to worry about the lead. Over to you ...
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Posted 2007-May-18, 14:13

This double is just horrible. BBO censors me from stronger words.

Anyways I would lead the DK, it is 100 % to be wrong since otherwise there couldn't be a lead problem where I hold KQJ tight...
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Posted 2007-May-18, 15:21

Jlall, on May 18 2007, 03:13 PM, said:

This double is just horrible. BBO censors me from stronger words.

Anyways I would lead the DK, it is 100 % to be wrong since otherwise there couldn't be a lead problem where I hold KQJ tight...

Agree totally.
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Posted 2007-May-18, 15:23

A "tad" is one of the alltime underbids.

I presume this hand is just here to see if the diamond king truly scores 100% or not.
Please let me know about any questions or interest or bug reports about GIB.
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Posted 2007-May-18, 15:23

I may already have to explain the double to team mates, I certainly will not want to try to explain why I lead anything other than top of a solid sequence should I get creative and be wrong. ♦King, no second choices.
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Posted 2007-May-18, 15:25

is the diamond king conceding a ruff and a discard?
... and I can prove it with my usual, flawless logic.
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Posted 2007-May-18, 16:27

Jlall, on May 18 2007, 08:13 PM, said:

This double is just horrible. BBO censors me from stronger words.

Anyways I would lead the DK, it is 100 % to be wrong since otherwise there couldn't be a lead problem where I hold KQJ tight...

My partner told me that RHO has a reputation for overbidding, and Bones-like doubles have netted 500 and 800 on air (partscore making our way each time) earlier in the match ;)
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Posted 2007-May-19, 07:37

Who stole all the pass cards in my bidding box??
Seriously, I'd never double this unless playing very constructive raises, and even then it's questionable (or worse).

Can anyone come up with some other lead than the ♦K? (I hope not.) ;)
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Posted 2007-May-19, 10:20

Yes. A trump could easily be right.
(OK, I would lead the DK as well. But I wouldn't be surprised to see that a trump is the winning lead.)
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Posted 2007-May-19, 11:27

I don't have to tell you how I voted ;)

A trump, or even a heart could be right on certain constructions, but the ♦K looks kind of obvious.
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Posted 2007-May-19, 17:59

This looks nearly unanimous, and yes, the double is $#@!. I must admit I had my finger on a C but just couldn't bring myself to do it. :)
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Posted 2007-May-19, 18:03

I'd lead the diamond king.
Please note: I am interested in boring, bog standard, 2/1.

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Posted 2007-May-22, 02:15

The fact that this hand was posted gives me a strong suspicion that the ♦K doesn't work.

I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the winning play was a heart, or maybe even the ♠A.
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Posted 2007-May-23, 23:00

:) Case for leading the spade ace - spade trick might go away on the heart suit. Diamond tricks may not, e.g. four card diamond holding with stiff spade and three hearts.
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